1-Do some research and explain the origin of the North-Korea communist regime.
There are different thoughts about when this kind of regime was firstly created. Some people say it was in 1926 when Kim II-Sung was a teenager that founded the "Down-with-Imperialism Union". It promoted Marxism and Leninism and fighted against Japanese imperialism.
For others, the true foundation is 1949, when South and North Korean Communists finally came together in a coalition that aimed to lead one unified Korea, the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea was established. This became the body which rules together.
However, the Korean war started. He began consolidating his power by eliminating those communists with South Korean links - many accused of spying.Then those Russian and Chinese Koreans who were part of the early history of the party were picked off through exile, imprisonment and disappearances.He was slowly becoming more and more important inside his party and it was thank to soviets.
The next step was to ensure his son gained pole position. Kim Jong-il rose to senior party positions in 1973 and 1974, most importantly as head of that all-important Organisation Guidance Department.
Through his senior party positions he elevated a number of his political supporters. He also punished those who dared challenge him such as his step-mother Kim So'ng-a'e who pressed the claims of her son Kim Pyong-il as hereditary successor.
After the death of Kim Il-sung in 1994 and because of the wider social impact of the North Korean famine, known as The Arduous March, the Party became somewhat moribund. But in 2010, Kim Jong-il revived the party as a political institution to boost the succession of his son Kim Jong-un.
2- Find three recent news about North Korea from digital newspapers and include the links to them
http://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/politics/north-korea-donald-trump-paris-agreement-latest-height-of-egotism-korean-central-news-agency-a7778341.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/05/north-korea-accuses-cia-biochemical-plot-kill-kim-jong-un
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/29/north-korea-fires-missile-into-japanese-waters
3- What are the main names to the North-Korean leaders mentioned in the documentary? Who is the current leader of the country?
Kim II-Sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-Un, the one who rules nowdays.
4- What are the instruments used by these leaders to mantein the dictatorial regime?
The main instruments used in order to mantein the regime are weapons and different types of punishment, but one of the most powerfull instruments are thoughts. People has being taught since their childhood a way of living and thinking that cannot be questioned. Thats why people don´t even think about it, they do it in a mechanized way, but, what is about those people who really think about the unreliable information, and the extreme control they are exposed to? well, I think they are too scared even to protest as the have seen a lot of people trying to change the country and becoming dissapeared or in a punishment centre.
5- What is the meaning of the word Gulag? Where does it come from? Is there anything similar in North Korea? It was a term that named the organization that controlled the soviet forced-labor system in which criminals were forced to work in camps. But with time, the word has become to refer the camp itself. There are also camps in Korea where people who have commited a ``crime´´ such as being disrespectfull with the leader have to work and take care of the crops.
6-According to the video, what are the main characteristics of a dictatorship?
In my opinion, the main characteristic of a dictatorship is the lack of freedom. You cannot acceed to certain information, you have to follow a very strict system in which you are considered as a criminal if you break some of the rules. The imposibility of choosing in what you want to work or what you want to study and the extreme control that koreans face. Another characteristic is the protective attitude that leaders have about their country, its relationships with the rest of the goverments and its economy.
7-Compare the life of a north-korean family with your own. In addition, try to describe the life of a north-korean teenager of your same age.
If my family lived in Korea, our life would be very different of what we are used to. My parents are working in something regarded to justice which is something very difficult to imagine as a regular korean family. Moreover I wouldn´t be studying something that I like, I would be wearing the same clothes as every girl of my age and I wouldn´t have the possibility where I would like to study, what I would like to do or even what I would like to think.
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